But seriously, i wonder how it will end now, there have been signs all along that this is a lost cause. I have read the manga but this seems to be diverging.

Diverging? It looks to me as if it's following the manga almost exactly, just leaving a few things out.

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Originally Posted by achirist

I really wish the tanaka kid had less screentime and especially lines--he needs to die, immediately--his immature, unrealistic, meaningless, empty words of "resolve" are obnoxious to hear. I guess his father will be the one to kill him...

He's a pretty typical hotblooded kid, in my opinion. I mean, what do you expect a 12-13-year-old to do?

edit: A few of the other things you're all asking about should be addressed in the course of the show, so you have two options, really: cave in and read the manga, or just wait patiently